WALTHAM, Mass. — July 6, 2016 — PeopleFluent®, a leading social human capital management technology company, today announced that for the fifth consecutive year the company has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Integrated Talent Management 2016 Vendor Assessment (IDC # US40644116) report, the industry’s premier vendor assessment tool for end-to-end talent management. PeopleFluent’s solution suite was recognized as a best-of-breed offering for integrated talent management as well as recruiting, compensation management, performance management, and learning.

"According to IDC analysis and buyer perception, PeopleFluent is an IDC MarketScape Leader worldwide in integrated talent management," said Lisa Rowan, research vice president, HR, Talent, and Learning Strategies, IDC. “The company is a good fit for enterprises that need a sophisticated talent management solution with consumer-grade usability and have strong features for collaboration capabilities. The system delivers a personalized and collaborative experience that drives improved talent engagement and business performance.”

PeopleFluent’s commitment to offering a best-of-breed talent management offering is referenced multiple times within the report. The Mirror suite user experience, with its customizable user interface and embedded video and social functionality is a strong differentiator among competitors, as is its ability to integrate dynamic video into all talent applications for dynamic on-demand learning and employee collaboration. Market response to the PeopleFluent’s talent management suite continues to drive company growth as the company saw a 59 percent increase in multi-product wins in 2015 over 2014.

PeopleFluent’s diversity and inclusion product capabilities, embedded holistically throughout the product suite, are referenced several times throughout the report as a strength and unique differentiator in the market.

Lisa Rowan notes, “The company is also focused on enabling companies to hire, develop, and engage and inclusive and diverse workforce and is enhancing its inclusion capabilities throughout the suite. Of the field of talent management vendors, PeopleFluent is unique in its support for contingent labor and management of diversity.”

The company is also noted for its vertical focused capabilities, specifically targeting the healthcare, manufacturing, and financial services markets, as well as its commitment to innovation with 30 percent of yearly revenue invested into research and development (R&D).

“The fact that this is the fifth consecutive year we have been recognized as a Leader for our success speaks to the incredible hard work and dedication our global 700+ employee base has to offering the best solutions to our growing customer base,” said Charles S. Jones, CEO and chairman of the board, PeopleFluent. “I am proud to be a leading this company as we continue to focus on offering human resource professionals around the world solutions that have depth, value, and are unmatched in this industry. This is a resounding affirmation, from a premier analyst firm, that when it comes to evaluating integrated talent management solutions, PeopleFluent is one of four vendors in the world that should be shortlisted for inclusion.”

As the competitive field continues to become more crowded, PeopleFluent remains ahead of the market with the company’s powerful data integration capabilities. The IDC MarketScape report highlights PeopleFluent’s integration services and its ability to connect talent data with a company’s HR, ERP, or payroll data application, providing one source of truth to support talent analytics, while reducing implementation costs and time.

IDC MarketScape criteria selection, weightings, and vendor scores represent well-researched IDC judgement about the market and specific vendors. Market weightings are based on user interviews, buyer surveys, and the input of a review board of IDC experts in each market.

IDC MarketScape vendor analysis model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of ICT (information and communications technology) suppliers in a given market. The research methodology utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each vendor’s position within a given market. IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of IT and telecommunications vendors can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective vendors.

About PeopleFluent

PeopleFluent, the leading total workforce HCM technology company, redefines Talent Management with an innovative Talent Engagement Cloud that is built around people and not HR processes. By deeply integrating pervasive video, strategic analytics and collaborative social technologies into its complete suite of Talent Management applications, PeopleFluent redefines employee engagement to address productivity loss and diminished financial results due to an increasingly disengaged workforce. With PeopleFluent, companies can change at the speed of business without costly IT interventions through intuitive, highly configurable software that is built upon the right data. Spanning across an organization’s entire global workforce with one talent cloud, PeopleFluent equips leaders with the meaningful talent data and strategic analytics necessary to make better business decisions.

PeopleFluent has worked with over 5,100 organizations in 214 countries and territories to engage employees to drive better business results. Today, 80 percent of the Fortune 100 relies on PeopleFluent as part of their talent management delivery strategy, helping them successfully achieve their talent aspirations.